Formation | 1978 |
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Founder | Md. Shafiqual Haque Choudhury |
Type | Non-profit, self-sufficient microfinance institution |
Purpose | ASA programs focused on awareness-raising and group formation for the poor aiming at integrated development through asserting rights of the poor, education, mini-irrigation, primary health, credit for income generation, etc. |
Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Region | Worldwide |
Key people | Md. Ariful Haque Choudhury (President) |
Subsidiaries | ASA International |
Staff (2013) | 21,422[1] |
Website | asa |
The Association for Social Advancement is a non-governmental organisation based in Bangladesh which provides microcredit financing.